Volume 6, Number 2 — September 2002 A Word from the Editors… Articles Editor: Maggie Sokolik Second Language Writing and Research: The Writing Process and Error Analysis in Student Texts; Johanne Myles (20 Pgs) Memory Enhancement in Language Pedagogy: Implications from Cognitive Research; Jeremy Cross (9 Pgs) Forum Editor: Karen Stanley The Role of Linguistic and Language Acquisition Theory in Teacher Development; Karen Stanley On the Internet Editor: Jim Duber Mad Blogs and Englishmen; Jim Duber Media Articles & Reviews Editor: Thomas Delaney EFL/ESL Portal Sites — An Attempt at a Comparison ; Reviewed by Jarek Krajka Western/Pacific Literacy Network/CNN SF Learning Resources ; Reviewed by Guo Shesen Reviews Editor: Sorel Friedman Textbooks Michael Macfarlane, English Practice Grammar; Reviewed by Wendy Schatzman Rebecca Oxford (Series Editor) and M.E. Sokolik (Reading Editor) (2000), Tapestry: Reading 1,2,3, & 4; Reviewed by Meena Singhal Ruth Spack (1996), Guidelines: A Cross-cultural Reading/Writing Text (2nd edition); Reviewed by Yuehai Xiao Teacher Resource Books Christine Pearson Casanave (2002), Writing Games: Multicultural Case Studies of Academic Literacy Practices in Higher Education; Reviewed by John Graney Robert Gibson (2002), Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers: Intercultural Business Communication; Reviewed by Eun Chong Yang Second Language Acquisition Maurice Cogan Hauck with Kenneth MacDougall (2002), 12 American Voices; Reviewed by Nicole Décuré Lies Sercu (2000), Acquiring Intercultural Communicative Competence from Textbooks: The Case of Flemish Adolescent Pupils Learning German; Reviewed by Robert J. Fouser Thom Hudson & J. D. Brown (Eds.) (2001), Focus on Language Test Development: Expanding the Language Proficiency Construct Across a Variety of Tests(Technical Report #21); Reviewed by Tim Newfields Geraldine DeLuca, Len Fox, Mark-Ameen Johnson and Myra Kogen (Eds.) (2002), Dialogue on Writing: Rethinking ESL, Basic Writing, and First-Year Composition; Reviewed by Sabrina Voelz Barbara Comber & Anne Simpson (Eds.) (2001), Negotiating Critical Literacies in the Classroom; Reviewed by Greta Vollmer